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Niches / FMV + Story Rich
FMV + Story Rich
Games tagged both FMV and Story Rich: 41 indie paid launches, 21 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing FMV + Story Rich priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with FMV and is too small to compare with Story Rich.
The pair's chance of a $100k+ first year beside each of its two tags, ranked like a high-score table, with typical earnings and the launches behind every figure.
FMV + Story Rich is too small to compare with FMV and is too small to compare with Story Rich: 11 of its 15 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 48.8 in 100 for FMV and 21.3 in 100 for Story Rich.
Small sample: 15 launches, 11 hits.
Each circle is one tag, sized by its launches, and the gold overlap is exactly this pair. Click a part to read it. Price changes the odds more than genre does (under $5: 0.4 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 44.2 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 15 games tagged both FMV and Story Rich priced $10 to $20. 11 of 15 of them earned $100k+, against 9 of 26 for FMV-only games and 20.1 in 100 for Story Rich-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with FMV alone and is too small to compare with Story Rich alone.
Both: 15 games priced $10 to $20; 11 of 15 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 15 of 15 launches · $10k+ 15 of 15 launches · $100k+ 11 of 15 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 15 launches. The outer parts are each tag's launches minus the pair's, so their chance is exact; their typical earnings are not computed yet.
Who leads this pair and each of its tags. Free until launch: one click opens the card. The full comparables list (nearest hits by tag pair, price and launch year) is not computed yet, and the card says so.
Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch
Lens checkHolds in 3 of 3. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: holds.
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Nearest hits (similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year): not computed yet.
Filters do not apply here yet. Leaders and shares are for all prices and the Standard view; per price band and per lens they are not computed yet.
The same figures with three kinds of games set aside: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
FMV + Story Rich holds in West-facing view, Without the breakout and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view21 of 41 launches | Without the breakout40 of 41 launches | Last 18 months17 of 41 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 4121 hits | 2110 hits | 4020 hits | 1710 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 51.2 in 100 | 10 of 21too few for a rate | 50.0 in 100 | 10 of 17too few for a rate |
| Chance of $10k+ | 88 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 95 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | -7.0%3.6 fewer in 100 | -2.4%1.2 fewer in 100 | +14.8%7.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both FMV and Story Rich, 12 to 36 months old: 41 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 20 of 41 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Road to Empress I (23.4% of the money): 40 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 17 of 41.
FMV is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| FMV | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view111 of 155 launches | Without the breakout154 of 155 launches | Last 18 months57 of 155 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 15533 hits | 11119 hits | 15432 hits | 5716 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 21.3 in 100 | 17.1 in 100 | 20.8 in 100 | 28.1 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $11,048top tenth $256,041+ | $5,421 | $11,048 | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | -19.6%4.2 fewer in 100 | -2.4%0.5 fewer in 100 | +31.8%6.8 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | -50.9%$5,627 less | 0.0%no change | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged FMV, 12 to 36 months old: 155 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 44 of 155 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Road to Empress I (11.8% of the money): 154 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 57 of 155.
Story Rich is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| Story Rich | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,304 of 2,537 launches | Without the breakout2,536 of 2,537 launches | Last 18 months747 of 2,537 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,537298 hits | 2,304256 hits | 2,536297 hits | 74784 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 11.7 in 100 | 11.1 in 100 | 11.7 in 100 | 11.2 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,080top tenth $130,829+ | $2,080 | $2,080 | $2,340 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -5.4%0.6 fewer in 100 | -0.3%no change | -4.3%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +12.5%$260 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Story Rich, 12 to 36 months old: 2,537 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 233 of 2,537 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, DELTARUNE (15.6% of the money): 2,536 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 747 of 2,537.
A lens moves the chance only when it differs from standard by more than a random cut of the same size would, with 5+ hits on both sides; typical earnings are compared from 100 launches, within 25%. Without the breakout moves the answer when one game earned over half the money. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.
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